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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Blackpool Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
19,652 approved · 3,085 refused · 1,123 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 Aug 1995 to 22 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 17 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
20 CLARENDON ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6EF
Received 17 Feb 2011125A CHURCH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 3PP
Received 18 Feb 2011KENSINGTON LODGE, LANGDALE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 4RT
Received 18 Feb 201137 CHAPEL STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5AW
Received 23 Feb 2011284 NORBRECK ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY5 1PA
Received 22 Feb 201135 MARKET STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 1EZ
Received 22 Feb 201131 KENDAL AVENUE, BLACKPOOL, FY3 7LG
Received 23 Feb 201150 ST ANNES COURT, ST ANNES ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2DS
Received 23 Feb 2011BLACKPOOL WREN ROVERS FC (LAND REAR THE SHOVELS PH, 260 COMMON EDGE ROAD) BLACKPOOL, FY4 5DH
Received 23 Feb 2011BLACKPOOL FOOTBALL CLUB LTD, BLOOMFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6JJ
Received 23 Feb 2011288 DEVONSHIRE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0TN
Received 24 Feb 201132 MOORE STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1DA
Received 24 Feb 201132 DEAN STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1BP
Received 24 Feb 201136 DEAN STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY4 1BP
Received 24 Feb 201150 CRYSTAL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6BS
Received 24 Feb 201120 CRYSTAL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6BS
Received 24 Feb 201148 CRYSTAL ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6BS
Received 24 Feb 20118 NORBRECK ROAD (FORMERLY SITE OF MARINERS BAR), BLACKPOOL, FY5 1RP
Received 24 Feb 201156A HIGHFIELD ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY4 2JA
Received 25 Feb 20112 MAURICE GROVE, BLACKPOOL, FY2 0QH
Received 25 Feb 2011190-192 CENTRAL DRIVE, BLACKPOOL, FY1 5EB
Received 25 Feb 201131 HIGH STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2BN
Received 25 Feb 201139 LONSDALE ROAD, BLACKPOOL, FY1 6EE
Received 25 Feb 20111 LORD STREET, BLACKPOOL, FY1 2AZ
Received 1 Mar 2011Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Blackpool Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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